Details of proposed Bognor Regis old fire station plaque revealed
Details of a proposed plaque commemorating the old fire station in Bognor Regis have been revealed.
The plaque would be located on the wall of the new Premier Inn on the seafront, standing where the fire station used to be.
A reserved matters planning application has been submitted to Arun District Council giving details of the plaque and of the covered and secure cycle parking spaces at the hotel in the Regis Centre car park, Belmont Street.
Proposed to be made of etched brass, the plaque would read: “On this site, formerly adjoined to the Town Hall, stood Bognor Regis Fire Station. The fire station, built in 1939, was never fully completed due to the onset of the Second World War. It close in 1975 and was demolished in 2024. To the south of the fire station, fronting the Esplanade, stood the Clarence Hotel at the eastern end of Colebrook Terrace. The hotel, built by Richard Clark in 1826 to the designs of Samuel Beazley, was demolished in 1947.”
To see the design by Axiom Architects on the Arun planning portal use the search reference BR/228/25/DOC/
Planning permission for the Premier Inn Hotel, including demolition of the Fire Station, was granted by Arun District Council in November 2023.
The five-storey, 116 bedroom hotel represents a £13 million investment by Premier Inn parent company Whitbread PLC, which secured the right to build the hotel in a land-swap deal which saw them give up the long lease on the nearby Regis Centre, allowing multi-million pound refurbishments to take place.
It’s expected the hotel will create 30 new year-round jobs and generate somewhere in the region of £2.8 million for the local economy, annually.